hiding place
noun
: a place where someone or something is hidden or can be hidden
My favorite hiding place when I was a kid was in the attic.
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Hope stubbornly clinging on in a dark hiding place, and despite it all, exploding outward with exuberance.
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Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Something about the hiding place caught the attention of nearby scientists searching for insects.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Dad and son scram to a hiding place in the Colombian jungle, soon joined by an irate mom.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 May 2025
His mother had once lived there, and Dahl believed that the location was significant to Williams—and that the surrounding woods might provide a hiding place.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The two men survived unscathed — after finding a hiding place in someone’s backyard, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported in a May 20 news release.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
The church may very well have served as a hiding place in the Underground Railroad, given that March Haynes, a deacon of the church, was a known member of the network.
—Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
After leaving the reconstructed hiding place, visitors walk onto an illuminated glass floor covering a full map of Europe, with the site of every death camp or mass killing of Jews marked by a small flag.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Something about the hiding place caught the attention of nearby scientists searching for insects.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Dad and son scram to a hiding place in the Colombian jungle, soon joined by an irate mom.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 May 2025
His mother had once lived there, and Dahl believed that the location was significant to Williams—and that the surrounding woods might provide a hiding place.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The two men survived unscathed — after finding a hiding place in someone’s backyard, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported in a May 20 news release.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
The church may very well have served as a hiding place in the Underground Railroad, given that March Haynes, a deacon of the church, was a known member of the network.
—Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
After leaving the reconstructed hiding place, visitors walk onto an illuminated glass floor covering a full map of Europe, with the site of every death camp or mass killing of Jews marked by a small flag.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Hiding place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hiding%20place. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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